District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5214 Engrossed in House (EH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5214 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To require mandatory pretrial and post conviction detention for crimes of violence and dangerous crimes and require mandatory cash bail for certain offenses that pose a threat to public safety or order in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. MANDATORY PRETRIAL AND POST CONVICTION DETENTION FOR CRIME OF VIOLENCE OR DANGEROUS CRIME. (a) Pretrial Detention.--Section 23-1322, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``with an offense'' and inserting ``with an offense, other than a crime of violence or dangerous crime (as such terms are defined in section 1331 of this title),''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the judicial officer shall order each person charged with a crime of violence or a dangerous crime (as such terms are defined in section 1331 of this title) be detained for the period before trial.''. (b) Post Conviction Detention.--Section 23-1325, District of Columbia Official Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``unless'' and all that follows through ``section 23-1321''; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``unless'' and all that follows through ``section 23-1321''; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(e) This provisions of this section shall apply with respect to a person convicted of a crime of violence or a dangerous crime (as such terms are defined in section 1331 of this title).''. (c) Changes to Definition of Da